About Walls of Time and The War of the Worlds

Q: Do you have to read the book to make the wall mural?

A: The purpose of this product line is for reading comprehension for hands-on learners. The image is made by answering questions and completing sentences about each chapter. While it could be done for art alone, the intended purpose was to use as an evaluation tool.

Q: Does the mural have to be painted or done in a certain way?

A: I like to use paints, markers, and scrapbook embellishments. I would love to see a myriad of art supplies used to make these walls. I am hoping the teens who complete these walls will send in pictures for us to see the different ways these WALLS of TIME can be completed. Please send in the pics!!!

Q: Do the WALLS of TIME use a lot of ink?

A: No. The file is printed off in black and white. You can set the scale of ink quality low as they will be painted over anyway. The color comes from the student’s own design.

Q: How did you come up with the idea?

A: We knew we needed a high school line. We had been asked over and over again at conventions what we had planned. The list of books was easy to decide, how to meet the criteria needed was proving to be more difficult.

#1- we needed something for hands-on learners. This is the market we want to reach. There is plenty available for the textbook learner who likes the fill in the blank approach and the give your thought style. Truthfully, our kids aren’t like that here at FFYB. Five out of seven of our children are hands-on learners. We know what is needed!

#2- it had to be creative enough to not only attract a teen’s attention, but keep it. Teens are a tough market. We needed to think like them, learn from them, see what they buy, read what they read, channel our coolness and hipness. And then we reached the conclusion that we are indeed old  (sorry, Kelly and Heidi!)and we never were the cool ones and we, the parents, need to come up with something to help other parents of teens! 

#3 -it couldn’t look like our Pockets of Time line. This line is fantastic for lower elementary age. The Lines of Time line is for the upper elementary and middle age line. It had to be totally different.

#4- it had to be for the reluctant reader. Unfortunately, not all our children are avid readers. We do meet many, many parents at convention whose children are going through books so fast, the parents need to remortgage the home for book money. I personally am not one of them. My children do read, but not at an advanced rate or level. I say this with respect and honor due to my children, they are average in their grades. My children’s IQ’s are not off the chart. They are not in advanced math class, or carrying 4.0 grade levels. I learned a long, long time ago that these numbers and successes are not what identify a child. Thankfully, it is not required for all our children as the Lord has seen fit to create each child with gifts and talents intended to suit their planned purpose and destiny. It is much easier to see with my two oldest sons who are doing what they were designed for and what was apparent at such young ages. Not all children are advanced or eager readers and this line was developed just for them. To give them enjoyment from a book they would not have picked up otherwise, to give them something to see and touch at the end that is more than fill in the blank papers, to make them WANT to read the next chapter, even if only to complete another part of the mural: for that teen, this line was developed.

Q: What inspired the design of this line?

A: I kept hearing my kids talk about their WALL on facebook. They were always writing on someone’s wall. Putting that idea and the suspense needed to keep a teen in a book woke me up in the middle of the night. I sketched it out and we have been working and tweaking the idea all summer. Now that the format is done, we are making more WALLS of TIME. Lord of the Flies and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are in the works now. Those WALLS are going to be cool!

Q: Is this line only for boys?

A: I hope it doesn’t seem that way by the name of the books chosen. I was looking for elements in a story that would be helpful to teens who need to read literature that will support a Christian worldview. Any work of literature that a teen reads needs to affect them for good and teach them something. These works were chosen to give the parents a springboard to help teach their worldview. Girls enjoy reading these books also and they certainly make for interesting conversation when in groups! I was thinking of making the WAR of the WORLDS wall in pink camo to see what it would look like. This line was intended for every teen and all are welcome to suggest a book that we can make a WALL of TIME with. As a matter of fact, ELLA ENCHANTED will be out any day now!

Q: How can I order this line?

A: Go to our store at www.fortunatelyforyoubooks.comand go to the WALLS of TIME page. Be sure to check out the PHOTO GALLERY that has a slideshow of a completed WALL of TIME for THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.

Blessing,

Shannon

Fortunately For You Books

 

To see how this WALL was made, please see our slideshow at our Photo Gallery:

http://ffybphotos.blogspot.com/